Ringo Starr will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month with a little help from a key friend: Paul McCartney. On Wednesday, the Hall announced that the âcute Beatleâ will ushering his old drummer into the rock Pantheon at the annual induction ceremony, set this year for April 18 in Cleveland.
The teenager who led the Guardian-backed campaign to end female genital mutilation (FGM) has been awarded a doctorate for her campaigning work. Fahma Mohamed, 19, who will be a doctor of law, is one of the youngest people in the UK to receive the honorary degree, which will be presented by Bristol University on Friday. Mohamed said she was ecstatic at being awarded the doctorate.
Contender: Jackie Green - formerly Jack - hopes to win the Miss England 2012 contest. A teenager who was the youngest person in the world to have a sex change at the age of 16 is edging towards the title of Miss England. Jackie Green, now 18, was born Jack, but became the youngest person to undergo full gender reassignment surgery on her 16th birthday. Jackie has now successfully clinched the public vote to secure her place in the semi-finals of the national beauty pageant.